106 THE entomologist's record. 



Dedcmera lurida in abundance, Mantura iiiatthewsi, Chri/soinela 

 hypcrici, Lonf/itorsiix pidcx, Aplithuna herbUjrada, Morddliatena 

 htiiiu'ralis, AntJiicus (Ditlicrinus, Orclicstes pratensis, Ceuthorrhynchua 

 cJirysantJiaiiii, Tyvhius uicUloti, Apion Iwokeri and A. confincns. During 

 a few hours spent in Windsor great park I discovered Hclcdona wjaricola 

 in profusion, in a dry spongy Boletus in a beech stem, and Pitoma 

 vrenata, ('in rilbmdus, C. festivK.'i and Ennearthnni ajfi)ir commonly 

 under bark of a felled beech tree stump. Not more than one or perhaps 

 two of the above mentioned species can be considered as "rare" insects 

 generally, and no doubt the bulk of them are within the common 

 experience of the Metropolitan coleopterist. Yet of the whole number 

 not more than about fifteen could the most assiduous collecting have 

 discovered within the counties of Lancashire or Cheshire — so partial is 

 faunistic distribution over such a relatively small area as that of Great 

 Britain. — W. E. Sharp, F.E.S., " Ledsham," Drayton Park, 

 Ealing, W. 



J^RACTICAL HINTS. 



Field Work for March and April. 



By ,J. W. TUTT, F.E.S. 



1. — Towards the end of March and throughout April the almost full- 

 fed larviB of (TUopliDs (ibficiirata are to be found feeding by night on 

 Geranium lucidu)ii, preferably on the flowers, but the larva' are also to 

 be obtained in January and February (INhithew). 



2. — About March IGth is the date for Nyssia /li^/ddaria in Rich- 

 mond Park. In some parts of the park in some seasons they are 

 abundant whilst in other parts not a specimen is to be seen. 



3. — The larv* of FAhijiia fasn'aria must be beaten in April (with 

 those of T/iera rariata and T.jiniiata) from pines; this species does 

 not pass the winter as a pupa as Newman says. 



4. — -The fiii§t warm days at the end of March and early April bring 

 out imagines of Teidinma hiMortata, which should be searched for in 

 woods on tree-trunks. T. crepii.seularia does not usually appear until 

 May and early June, Avhen it occupies somewhat similar situations. 



5. — By dusking along mixed hedges containing blackthorn, in 

 April, a few Aleiiei.s pictaria may be obtained, but by searching low 

 blackthorn hedges about an hour after dusk, large numbers may be 

 obtained (Raynor). 



6. — Larvae of Jkisyr/iira /aseelina are to be searched for on 

 moorlands, commons and heaths, in April and early May. 



7. — From April 10th-21st is the best time to search for Lophop- 

 tery.r earwelita. It is generally found xipon the trunk of a birch or oak 

 about midday, about four or six feet up the stem (Mawson). 



H. — Larvae of J.eucunla littoralis are to be obtained in April on the 

 coast sandhills by raking the sand. I have generally obtained the 

 larva' of lA-Krania UtJuityyiia by cutting open old stems of thistles and 

 umbelliferous plants to which they resort for concealment during the 

 day (Eales). 



9.- — On the Cheshire sandhills in early April the larvtv of Kimudu 

 lirlienea may be found at night on Sediiiii aere. 



10. — In the first week of April search birches for Asplialid /lari- 

 cuntis, they are often found resting on pieces of twigs on the ground. 



